The Insider (TV program)
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Network | Syndication Dubai TV CBS |
Release | September 13, 2004 September 9, 2017 | –
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Entertainment Tonight |
The Insider is an American
When it became a separate program, it shifted toward a tabloid direction, and had several format changes throughout its thirteen seasons on the air before settling on a final format at the start of the 2011–12 season, which shed many of the tabloid elements and became more of a straight rundown of entertainment news, providing coverage of events and celebrities, interviews and inside looks at upcoming film and television projects.
The program's weekday broadcasts were anchored by Louis Aguirre and Debbie Matenopoulos; its weekend editions were anchored by Michael Yo and Keltie Knight, who also served as correspondents for the weekday editions.
History
Starting out with a bi-coastal format, the program was originally hosted by Pat O'Brien – who was based in Hollywood at Paramount Studios Stage 28, where Entertainment Tonight's set was also housed at the time – and Lara Spencer – who was based at MTV's One Astor Plaza studio in New York City, overlooking Times Square. In its first season, The Insider originally maintained a news-heavy format, making way for a direction where subjects such as a pair of anorexic nervosa twin sisters from Australia (who died in an April 2012 house fire) were regularly featured in sweeps periods, along with other fringe stories such as true crime stories and the Nadya Suleman story, which had little or nothing to do with the entertainment industry.
O'Brien – who was originally co-host of syndication competitor
For its fourth season, production of the program was moved to New York City full-time in September 2007. O'Brien relocated from Los Angeles to join Spencer in a new studio based within the Minskoff Theatre in Manhattan (where the musical adaptation of The Lion King is based), which featured unobstructed views of Times Square, nearby the MTV studio facilities and also within One Astor Plaza.
On September 8, 2008, The Insider began broadcasting in
The New York-based aspect of the program was also abandoned, with Spencer relocating to Los Angeles and becoming a solo host, joined by correspondents Victoria Recano, Steven Cojocaru and Cheryl Woodcock. In the move, O'Brien became a Los Angeles-based correspondent for the program;[2] however ten days later on September 18, he was dismissed permanently from The Insider for comments he made in a staff email after a trip to Iowa, where he directed comments specifically at a mid-show daily segment presented by Spencer that debuted at the start of the season. O'Brien proceeded to involve a rundown of the prices and labels of her clothing and accessories (which were referenced in the segment), saying that it made the viewers he talked to "vomit".[3] Despite this pointed criticism, the segment continued to air at the end of every edition until Spencer's departure, expanding to the point where viewers made a multiple choice on what Spencer would wear on the next broadcast. O'Brien would appear one more time on the final episode of The Insider nine years later, congratulating the show's staff and crew for their work.
After the departure of O'Brien, the show was hosted by Spencer alone until January 2009, when Samantha Harris (who had previously served as a correspondent for E! News) joined the program as a permanent co-host. Harris also provided analysis and commentary as part of her duties as co-host of ABC's Dancing with the Stars until her departure from the reality competition series at the start of 2010.
Changes in format and hosts
During September 2009, the program converted to a panel format, featuring a roundtable discussion and debate format (similar to Pardon the Interruption or the "Hot Topics" segment of The View) with three permanent co-hosts and a guest host discussing entertainment topics, although that was also modified as actress Niecy Nash became a fourth de facto host and the program added a rotating fifth guest host slot. As a result, the on-air correspondents were effectively dismissed, with stories being compiled by Entertainment Tonight staff or off-camera personnel.
The format was changed once again in September 2010, restoring it to a more traditional entertainment newsmagazine concept with Spencer and Chris Jacobs as co-hosts. Industry analysts had surmised that the change was a precursor to testing Spencer in the traditional ET format without placing her on that show, as Entertainment Tonight's longtime primary anchor Mary Hart had announced her retirement from that program at the end of the 2010–2011 season; however, Nancy O'Dell would be appointed to succeed Hart as co-anchor at the end of May 2011.
On March 5, 2011, CBS Television Distribution announced that Kevin Frazier would become co-anchor of the program, replacing Jacobs, who moved to Entertainment Tonight as a correspondent for that program.[4] Twelve days later on March 17, it was announced that Spencer would leave the program by the start of May to become the lifestyle anchor for Good Morning America.[5] Spencer was replaced by Brooke Anderson, who had served as co-host of HLN's Showbiz Tonight. During the week of the Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, Anderson split her reporting duties between CNN and The Insider.[6] At the start of its seventh season on September 4, 2011, the program was refocused more as a straight entertainment news show, with many of the tabloid elements of the Spencer/O'Brien era being removed; additionally, the program's website was refocused to be more of a straight competitor to TMZ.
Partnership with Yahoo!
On October 24, 2012, CBS Television Distribution reached a
In August 2014, Kevin Frazier departed The Insider to become co-anchor the weekday edition of Entertainment Tonight, on which he had previously served as a weekend anchor and correspondent from 2004 to 2011. He was replaced on September 8 of that year by Louis Aguirre, who joined the program after fifteen years as host of the similarly formatted Deco Drive on Fox affiliate WSVN in Miami.[9]
On June 16, 2015,
Cancellation
Because of declining ratings, CBS Television Distribution announced the cancellation of The Insider after 13 years on February 7, 2017. The final show aired on September 9.[11]
Syndication model
The Insider aired on television stations in certain markets throughout the United States as half of a one-hour entertainment news block that also included the show from which it was spun off, Entertainment Tonight.
Three versions of The Insider were previously compiled and made available to broadcasters before 2009; a "standalone" version (which largely omitted references to ET), and two other versions designed to precede or follow ET with promotions outlining stories to be featured on that day's edition of the latter show, in addition to those stories to air on the next Insider broadcast. After 2009, only a standalone version without ET continuity was produced, as carriage of the program outside of primary markets was reduced to lower-tier stations and lower profile timeslots (often in
On-air staff
Former on-air staff
- Louis Aguirre – co-anchor (2014–2017; now at WPLG in Miami)
- Brooke Anderson – anchor/correspondent (2011–2012; now at Entertainment Tonight)
- Thea Andrews – co-anchor (2013–2015)
- Matte Babel – special correspondent (2012)
- Lisa Bloom – legal analyst (2010)
- Steven Cojocaru – style expert (2004–2009; later at Entertainment Tonight)
- Kevin Frazier – co-anchor (2011–2014; now host of Entertainment Tonight)
- Kathie Lee Gifford – correspondent (2005–2006; later at NBC News as co-host of Today)
- Samantha Harris – weekend anchor/correspondent (2009–2010; later at Entertainment Tonight, now back at Extra)
- Chris Jacobs – anchor/correspondent (2009–2011; later at Entertainment Tonight)
- Darren Kavinoky – legal analyst (2009–2017)
- Keltie Knight – correspondent (2012–2017; later at Entertainment Tonight, now at E! News)
- Ananda Lewis – correspondent (2004–2005)
- Debbie Matenopoulos – special correspondent (2011–2012), co-anchor (2015–2017, later co-host of Home & Family on Hallmark Channel)
- Jill Martin – correspondent (2010–2011; later at Access Hollywood)
- Niecy Nash – celebrity panelist (2009–2010)
- Pat O'Brien – anchor/correspondent (2004–2008)
- Donny Osmond – correspondent (2007–2008; also hosted in place of O'Brien for a short time in 2008)
- Nina Parker – correspondent (2011–2014, later at E! News)
- Victoria Recano – weekend anchor/correspondent (2004–2009; later at KTLA in Los Angeles and TV Guide Network; now back at Inside Edition)
- in Atlanta and host of Daily Mail TV)
- Lara Spencer – anchor/correspondent (2004–2011; now at Good Morning America)
- Cheryl Woodcock – correspondent (2007–2009)
- Michael Yo – correspondent/fill-in co-anchor (2013–2017)
International carriage
Outside of the United States, The Insider aired on
In Australia,
Since 2017.An Arabic adaptation titled THE INSIDER بالعربي began airing on Dubai TV at 12 November 2017.[12][13]
Arabic adaptation
An Arabic adaptation titled The Insider Bel Arabi – TheInsiderAR (Arabic version of The Insider (TV series) بالعربي The Insider, began airing on Dubai TV in November 2017.[14]
International versions
The international rights are distributed by CBS Studios International.[15][16]
Country/language | Local title | Channel | Date aired/premiered |
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Arab World | The Insider Arabia (The Insider بالعربي – بالعربي The Insider – The Insider Bil Arabi – The Insider بالعربي TheInsiderAR The Insider Arabia – The Insider Arabia – The Insider بالعربي – Inside Take The Inside Take)[17] | Abu Dhabi TV. Dubai TV.[18] |
November 12, 2017[19] |
References
- CBS Television Distribution. September 8, 2008. Retrieved May 30, 2009 – via The Futon Critic.
- ^ John Dempsey (June 8, 2008). "Lara Spencer anchors 'Insider'". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
- The Huffington Post. September 19, 2008. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
- ^ "Breaking News — Kevin Frazier Named Co-Anchor of "The Insider"". CBS Television Distribution. March 7, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2012 – via The Futon Critic.
- ^ "Lara Spencer Leaving 'The Insider' for 'GMA'". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media. March 17, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
- CBS Interactive. April 13, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
- ^ Nellie Andreeva (October 24, 2012). "'The Insider' Signs Deal With Yahoo's Omg!, WIll Be Renamed 'Omg! Insider'". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
- ^ "An Exciting Announcement" – via www.facebook.com.
- ^ Alex Ben Block (August 20, 2014). "'Entertainment Tonight' Promotes Kevin Frazier to Co-Host". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- The Wrap. The Wrap Media Group, LLC. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ "Syndicated Entertainment Show 'The Insider' Cancelled". adweek.it.
- ^ "Charisma Group | The Insider بالعربي". www.charismagroup.tv.
- ^ "Charisma Group | The Insider بالعربي". charismagroup.tv.
- ^ "انطلاق النسخة العربية من برنامج The Insider بالعربي من دبي". Dubai Media Incorporated. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
- ^ "ﺑﺮﻧﺎﻣﺞ – The Insider بالعربي – 2017 طاقم العمل، فيديو، الإعلان، صور، النقد الفني، مواعيد العرض". elCinema. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
- ^ "تعرف على تفاصيل النسخة العربية من برنامج the insider". Al-ain. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
- ^ ""دبي" تنافس mbc بـ the insider". Al-Akhbar. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
- ^ "Program – The Insider in Arabic – 2017 Cast، Video، Trailer، photos، Reviews، Showtimes". elCinema. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
- ^ "Dubai Media Inc | The Insider Arabia". Dubai Media Incorporated. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
External links
- The Insider at IMDb